Rather than a policy that experts say risks driving up property prices, Labor should be focused on its ambitious target of building 1.2m houses

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Anthony Albanese had plenty of reasons to feel at home at the UK Labour party conference in Liverpool last weekend. Invited by Keir Starmer to deliver a major address, decades of attending party meetings in Australia clearly showed for the visiting prime minister.

Some of the policy challenges were familiar as well.